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Port details
py-forklib Fork the single process easily
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Maintainer: yuri@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-10-26 08:21:12
Last Update: 2026-10-26 08:18:08
Commit Hash: 028e8c4
Also Listed In: python
License: APACHE20
WWW:
https://github.com/mosquito/forklib
Description: #
forklib makes it easy to fork a single process into multiple workers. It supports forking with restart on failure, parallel map-style processing, and optional async and thread callbacks.
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Manual pages: #
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}forklib>0:devel/py-forklib@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/devel/py-forklib/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/py-forklib
  • pkg install py312-forklib
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py312-forklib listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py312-forklib
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>) #
  • py312: py312-forklib
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1793001508 SHA256 (forklib-0.5.0.tar.gz) = 54c682a1223b50be5b0570f0f32d13f07a19db9bb6e83d9fa8a7e837ffbc3b1f SIZE (forklib-0.5.0.tar.gz) = 5828

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Dependencies #
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Build dependencies: #
  1. py312-setuptools>0 : devel/py-setuptools@py312
  2. py312-wheel>0 : devel/py-wheel@py312
  3. python3.12 : lang/python312
  4. py312-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py312
  5. py312-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py312
Test dependencies: #
  1. python3.12 : lang/python312
Runtime dependencies: #
  1. python3.12 : lang/python312
This port is required by: #
for Run #
  1. devel/py-aiohttp-asgi

Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
devel_py-forklib
USES: #
python
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Number of commits found: 1 #

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0.5.0
26 Oct 2026 08:18:08
commit hash: 028e8c42d712ef88bde498f75e044e79a41e0a68commit hash: 028e8c42d712ef88bde498f75e044e79a41e0a68commit hash: 028e8c42d712ef88bde498f75e044e79a41e0a68commit hash: 028e8c42d712ef88bde498f75e044e79a41e0a68 files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
devel/py-forklib: New port: Fork the single process easily

Approved by:	no need for approval according to bapt@

Number of commits found: 1